Back in 2009, having been on the road with the Mars Volta, we took a break from touring to work on a new record. During the break we managed to have some time at home for once. As a personal project, I had always wanted to make a “rehearsal” or “live in the studio” record on 24 track tape and release it for free. Opportunity knocked, and someone who owned a warehouse space in Frogtown (a part of Atwater Village in Los Angeles) was having an art showing. They wanted a band to play the showing, so they asked me if I could throw something together and I saw my chance to make a recording, as well as, do a fun gig in a cool space.

At the time, I was always jamming with Mars Volta’s saxophonist Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez backstage before we would have to go on. I had a couple of song ideas that I would play, and he would use them as a solo vehicle to warm up to. I decided to use these backstage jams as a foundation for our rehearsals for this show and record it.

We went to my ex Distortion Felix bandmate, Manny Nieto’s recording studio in Lincoln Heights for the rehearsal, and Manny threw up some 2″ reels on his 24 track machine and we recorded our practice, live! There are mistakes, start ups and such but overall, I love how we interacted as musicians.

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